Swarthmoor Hall offers a variety of organised events throughout out the
year.
Our programme events offer a unique opportunity to stay at one of the sites
central to early Quaker history, and participants have access to
the historic rooms in the Hall.
It is usually possible to have an (optional) guided tour during the course
of your stay.
For more information on an event please click more information for the event
you are interested in. Events are listed in date order.
Tour of the important sites in
George Fox's visit to the North west of England in 1652
Date:
1 - 4 June
With:
Guides from the Quaker
Life network & 1652 Committee
Description:
A residential
guided event for anyone who wants to learn about the
early history of Quakerism and how it relates toour faith today,based at Swarthmoor Hall in the heart of the 1652
country.
An introductory talk on Monday will give a background
to the happenings of 1652. There will be an opportunity to climb
Pendle Hill and experience a Meeting for Worship at the top. The
event will also include visits to Brigflatts,
Firbank Fell (and the Quaker Tapestry) on Wednesday
and Swarthmoor Meeting House, Sunbrick burial Ground on Thursday. A
tour of Swarthmoor Hall itself will take place during the event.
This event will allow individuals to become part of
an organised pilgrimage and worshipping group as it unfolds.
A minibus will be used to travel to the different
sites.
Start / end time
Starts 4pm Monday 1 June
and ends after Lunch on Thursday 4 June
Continuation of the work for the
Swarthmoor Textiles Project.
Date:
6 - 10 July
With:
with
Janice Alloway
Description:
Come and work with
others on seventeenth century style textiles to grace Swarthmoor
Hall: be inspired by it’s peace and tranquillity as you practice
traditional pursuits. This week is for all those who enjoy hand or
machine sewing.
Start / end time
Starts 4pm Monday 6 July
and ends after Lunch on Thursday 10 July
This weekend is for Friends who want to deepen their
Quaker experience by discovering what it means to ‘wait in the
Light’.
Date:
10-12 July
With:
with Rex & Catherine Ambler, and Helen Meads
Description:
Our faith as Quakers is based on experience, rather
than on authority or doctrine. But what
is
the experience? We shall consider first what the
experience was
at the beginning of our movement. We shall then undertake an
experiment to see if that experience is still available to us.
Finally, we shall reflect on the significance of the
Light for our lives today. This can be a searching and powerful
experience. Participants should gain a deeper understanding of the
Quaker experience, but also a surprising new insight into
themselves.
Rex Ambler has travelled widely among Friends giving
talks & workshops on Quaker faith & practice. He has also written
books on George Fox & Quaker spirituality.
Tour of the important sites in
George Fox's visit to the North west of England in 1652
Date:
10 - 14 August
With:
Guides from the Quaker
Life network & 1652 Committee
Description:
A residential
guided event for anyone who wants to learn about the
early history of Quakerism and how it relates toour faith today,based at Swarthmoor Hall in the heart of the 1652
country.
An introductory talk on Monday will give a background
to the happenings of 1652. There will be an opportunity to climb
Pendle Hill and experience a Meeting for Worship at the top. The
event will also include visits to Brigflatts,
Firbank Fell (and the Quaker Tapestry) on Wednesday
and Swarthmoor Meeting House, Sunbrick burial Ground on Thursday. A
tour of Swarthmoor Hall itself will take place during the event.
This event will allow individuals to become part of
an organised pilgrimage and worshipping group as it unfolds.
A minibus will be used to travel to the different
sites.
Start / end time
Starts 4pm Monday 1 June
and ends after Lunch on Thursday 4 June
A retreat based on early Friends’ experience, and
printmaking.
Date:
28-31
August
With:
Andrea
Freeman & Helen Meads
Description:
Bring the beauty, history and
spirituality of the place - Swarthmoor Hall, cradle of Quakerism, -
into yourself and express it creatively through printmaking. No
experience is necessary, just be prepared to absorb the atmosphere,
find yourself and enjoy printing, using the framework of the
Experiment with Light.
Start / end time
Starts 4 pm
Friday afternoon and ends after lunch on Monday
A weekend to reflect on our lives
and be guided through a gentle process of self examination
Date:
2-4 October
With:
With Alex Wildwood
Description:
Today
many people describe themselves as ‘spiritual but not religious’.
But what does ‘spirituality’ mean to us? What helps us live more
authentically and joyously, more deeply in relationship to others
and our world, listening to ‘that of God’ within? This is a chance
to reflect on our spiritual journeys together and be guided through
a gentle process of self-examination. In a supportive environment we
will examine what helps or hinders us as we attempt to live more
faithful lives.
Alex Wildwood is a Quaker author, educator, and retreats organiser
who has been guiding groups for over two decades. He trained as a
body-based psychotherapist and in explorations of our ‘deep ecology’
with Buddhist scholar and activist Joanna Macy. He gave the 1999
Swarthmore lecture and for the past eight years has been exploring
the spiritual diversity of British Friends.
A mixture of working in the grounds and buildings at
the Hall and spiritual exploring in the group. A comfortable and
supportive "community" grows over the week for sharing and mutual
support. The atmosphere at the Hall lends itself so well to this
work.
A weekend for those enquiring about Quakers and
Quakerism.
Date:
6-8 November
With:
A team from the Quaker Life Outreach
Network
Description:
The gathering is informal & friendly. Topics covered
include basic convictions, the form of worship, and the testimonies
that spring from them. Two or three facilitators will be present to
talk about their own experiences in their spiritual journeys and how
they became Quakers
Please see individual events.
Swarthmoor Hall is not in a position to offer bursaries. Please contact your
local Meeting Overseers.
A £30 non-returnable deposit is required on booking, with remainder paid 4
weeks before the event.
If you have to cancel, refunds are as follows:
4 weeks before the start of the event -
full refund minus £30 non-returnable deposit.
1- 4 weeks - 50% refund of total
individual cost.
Less than 1 week - no refund can be given.
We can accommodate up to 16 people in single and twin-bedded rooms.
Swarthmoor Hall is also available for groups of people who might wish to
organise their own events - retreats, workshops - either on a self-catering
or fully - catered basis. Some events may offer non-residential places.
When not taken up with programme events, the Hall welcomes bookings for our
residential accommodation, which comprises three self-catering holiday units
of five beds, five beds, and four beds. One of these units is suitable for
wheelchair users.
We also have Bed & Breakfast for individuals or small
groups when there is space available.
If you require any further details about the Programme or letting
accommodation, please contact the staff at Swarthmoor Hall.
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